This year the purple gels went up on October 1st again, presumably for the entire month, but the Giants managed to win their Wild Card baseball playoff game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on October 2nd and suddenly purple became orange. This seemed rather cavalier even by the Lee administration's ethically dubious standards.

So here's a toast to the Giants, and a hope that San Franciscans do our best to vote in some local politicians who aren't taking orders directly from Willie Brown, Jr.